Remembering Ken 10 years on
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Yes, it really has been 10 years since we lost our shipmate Ken to pancreatic cancer. To mark the anniversary, a get together has been planned at The Shirkers Rest in Lewisham on 18th May. I don’t have times yet, but watch this space.
https://theshirkersrest.co.uk/
https://theshirkersrest.co.uk/
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(What Ken said.)
This thread reminded me of C.S Lewis's comment about not only missing a friend who had died, but also also missing what that person brought out in other people. In my opinion Ken was someone who was a catalyst for discussion in that way.
Indeed. On both counts.
Here you go
https://shipoffools.com/mystery-worshipper/the-funeral-of-ken-brown-st-johns-deptford-london/
Ken's sister reporting for deck-swabbing duties...
I'm hardly ever on the Ship these days, but I popped into today on a whim and it's so lovely to see that Ken is still remembered here. The Ship was incredibly important to Ken.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to get to the meet in May, but will no doubt be raising a glass of some beverage or other in his memory.
It would be great if you could make it
https://maps.app.goo.gl/z6c1iics9wqZr8M58?g_st=ic
It’s a measure of how close a friend I considered Ken to be that I actually cut short being on cricket tour to be at his funeral.
He and I very rarely saw eye to eye, and frequently clashed on threads here. Especially political ones. And yet from the evening we first met in person there was an affinity, a friendship, that transcended such petty concerns.
If I can make it to the meet, I will. If it’s not possible for me to make it for the evening, I’m open to meeting earlier in the day if anyone’s around.
Good guy.
I was so impressed with the following rant from Ken, I transcribed it on an index card, without actually noting the actual name of the hymn, which I'd never heard of.
Re: suggestion of 2002 for the original thread - I came onboard near Christmas 2003 but the noted date at the end of my transcription may just refer to when I discovered it. (I was fascinated with before-I-joined threads after first discovering the Ship's Nativity Play.)
So, having finally found the index card: is this the rant you're all talking about? And if it isn't, can anyone tell me what other hymn it might be? Because Ken and his supreme way with words ...
Thanks